Device for embalming



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NITED STATES Cnmnnrsw. GATH, or HAMILTON, OHIO.

DEVICE FOREMBALMING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,272, dated April .7, 1985.

V Application filed April 14. 1884. v (No model.) l i i I T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. GATH, of Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embalming Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to novel arm and pump supporting devices to be used in the In the drawings, A represents a portion of the usual cooling-board, on which the corpse is to be laid for the purpose of being embalmed; B, a socket secured to the edge of the board upon the operating side, or, if desired, so fitted upon both sides of the board; O, a jointed horizontal bracket-rod pivoted 1n the socket B; D, a socket-head upon the free end of the jointed bracket-rod, and fitted with a set-screw; E, a vertical rod fitting in-the socket D; F, a concave arm-rest attached at the top of the rod E; G, a series of hooklng-notches upon the under surface of the armrest; H, a horizontal swiveling bolt uniting the armrest to the vertical rod; I, an arm-clasp over the arm-rest; J, links attached to the end of the arm-c1asp, and adapted to engage, as shown, with the hookingnotches of the arm-rest; K, an escutcheon secured to the edge of the cooling-board; L, a round hole through the escutcheon; M, a slot through the escutcheon, representing narrow extensions of the circular hole L; N, a clasp adapted to fit the barrel of the pump used in in ecting fluids during the process; 0, a thumb-screw for tightening the clasp upon the barrel of the pump; P, a short round shank projecting outward from the clasp, and of a slze adapted to fit the round hole of the escutcheon K; and Q, a T-shape keeper projecting-from the outer end of the shank 1?. The clasp N is adapted to fit the ordinary embalmers pump, and is intended to be secured PATENT OFF CE.

to the barrel thereof permanently. The pump being turned horizontally, the keeperQpasses s5 1 through the slot in the escutcheonK andfenters a recess behind the escutcheon. The

pump is then turned into vertical working position, and is supported by the bearing of the shank P in the round hole of the escutcheon, the keeper Q engaging snugly the rear 60 face of the cscutcheon and preventingthe displacement of the clasp from. the cooling board, In this position the pump may be operated bywone hand of the operator, the;

suction-tube of the pump reaching into the fluid-vessel placed below.

corpse is laid upon the arm-rest]? and clasped thereto by the arm-clasp I, which latter ,is preferably madeof material possessing some degree of flexibility. The bindingiseffected by engaging the links with suitable ones of I the hooking-notches G- in an obvious manner.

The arm-rest may be rotated. upon the swiveling bolt H. It maybe lowered at the socket-head D, and the jointed rod permits side movements. By this means the arm of the corpse may be firmly secured in any desired position for convenient operation upon arter ies in the arm, one hand of the operator being entirely free for the manipulations of the injection-nozzles, while the other hand operates the pump. 7

I claim as my invention 1. In an embalming apparatus, the combi nation of a corpse-supporting board, an adjustable arm-rest secured thereto, an escutcheon secured to said board, and the pump-clasp shank adapted to engage said escutcheon, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an embalming apparatus, the combination of a corpse'supporting-board, the socket B secured thereto, and the adjustable armrest pivoted in said socket, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In an embalming apparatus, the combination of the corpse'supporting board, an escutcheon secured thereto, and the pump-clasp shank adapted to engage therewith, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES w. GA'IH.

Witnesses:

J W. SEE, W. A. SEWARD. 

